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to open (a conference) / to inaugurate
HSK 5
the curtain falls / lower the curtain / to come to an end (of a meeting)
HSK 5
opening ceremony
HSK 5
closing ceremony
HSK 5
screen (TV, computer or movie)
HSK 6
behind the scenes
HSK 7-9
inside story / non-public information / behind the scenes / internal
HSK 7-9
subtitles; captions (of a movie etc)
HSK 7-9
prologue
HSK 7-9
movie screen
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *幕* | 幕* | *幕
curtain or screen / canopy or tent / headquarters of a general / act (of a play)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *幕* | 幕* | *幕
old variant of / curtain / screen
HSK 7-9
curtain of rain / downpour
tabernacle (biblical word for a meeting hall or tent)
the curtain drops / the end of the show
hidden details / dirty tricks / dark secrets
(orig.) tents forming the offices of a commanding officer / administration of a military government / (medieval Japan) "bakufu", administration of the shogun
to manipulate from behind the scenes / to pull the strings
curtain wall (architecture)
to take a curtain call / (fig.) to come to an end
curtain of night / gathering darkness
opening / unveiling
water screen (screen formed of sprayed water droplets, used for displaying projected images, for temperature control, or for air purification)
aides and advisors of top officials
(theater) curtain
heavy curtain
announce the items on a (theatrical) program
TV screen
hanging screen / curtain over shop door (for privacy and serving as advertisement)
tent
smokescreen / fig. a diversion
screen / backdrop
final scene (of a play) / denouement
(Tw) screen (of a TV, computer etc)
(cinema, TV) behind-the-scenes footage; bonus features; making-of clips (e.g. bloopers, outtakes, cast interviews or production footage)
Muromachi bakufu, the feudal government of Japan (1338-1573) under the Ashikaga shoguns
360° cinema screen
screen (movie theater etc)
opening ceremony / unveiling
green screen
darkness fell (falls, had fallen etc)
canopy
malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes / hidden hand
play in several acts / full-length drama
screensaver
closing speech (at the conclusion of a conference, sports tournament etc)
interval (between acts in theater)
insider trading / insider dealing
mousse (loanword)
touchscreen
wide-screen movie
touchscreen
opening and closing ceremonies
nightfall
to spread a smokescreen
opening ceremony
government advisor
barrage (military) / "bullet screen", function which allows viewers to post on-screen comments in videos, movies etc in real time / danmaku (video game subgenre)
(fig.) to raise the curtain / to lift the curtain / to be a curtain raiser for
(railway) platform screen doors / platform-edge doors
smoke bomb
screen (of a TV, computer etc) (Tw)
screensaver (Tw)
screensaver (Tw)
touchscreen
touchscreen / touch panel
Kamakura shogunate 1192-1333
Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.)
opening speech (at a conference)


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